The Dire Situation

The Story So Far

A brief summation

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MAY/16

After a stormy arrival on the island, our heroes were enlisted by Sarah, Captain of the Caladian Royal Guard, to solve child disappearances on the outlying farms. After uncovering the king's involvement with child sacrifice for a shadowy purpose, our heroes overthrew the illusionist-necromancer king Mallas from his high throne in Calad.

After Mas, the dark king's lost brother and Seeker of the Brotherhood of Shadow, assumed the throne and all seemed well, our heroes were sent on a rudimentary expedition towards Calad's outer borders to deal with a proliferation of undead.

Our heroes arrived in Gorespell, a formerly-popular nexus town between Calad, Cravenrest, and Ulfthart, and journeyed into the mountains to deal with the undead threat- and after discovering that the dread king Mallas isn't quite as dead as assumed, they discovered the fact that he had made a covenant with a cosmic entity known as The Contractor (who deals with transportation). After finding new allies in Ulfthart, our heroes clashed against the encroaching undead and fought off a betrayal by the treacherous dark paladin Gaelin, who wielded a mysterious green power.

Returning to Calad victorious, our heroes spent the next three months pursuing personal goals before the kingdom celebrated a long-neglected Golden Harvest Festival in Calad. During the nighttime celebrations, however, a massive undead horde assaulted the city. Our heroes led the defense, managing to prevent the incursion from harming the citizens and guests, though dozens of people were abducted to a mysterious, remote location in the uncharted Le Khor Jungle.

The morning after, our heroes discovered that the Brotherhood of Shadow and Calad's king had disappeared in the fighting, and tracked them to a cave. Our heroes then clashed briefly against two dire hunters; Feron and Isaache, and discovered that the Brotherhood has been captured by Mallas.

The threat of the usurped king Mallas and his seven Dire Hunters now looms over the island.